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Antoine Hamelin on life as a quarantined jockey and the split-second decision that landed him in Hong Kong


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French jockey Antoine Hamelin has revealed he made a split-second decision to move to Hong Kong and take up full-time riding opportunity just hours before the government closed their borders to foreigners.Hamelin was approached by the club on March 21 after South African Aldo Domeyer opted not to return in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, leaving them desperately short on riders and with a border closure looming on March 25.With European racing shut down for the time being, Hamelin’s…

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